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HISTORY : The Bidhannagar College,  Government of West Bengal,  had a humble beginning with 52 students on June 25, 1984 in a school building at 142 BF Block,  Salt Lake City,  Kolkata - 700064. But from its inception the College   was  modelled as a centre  of academic  excellence. Affiliated to the University of Calcutta as  an  under-graduate  college,  it  has been   admitting  Honours  students  only. Students admitted in 2008 academic session and onwards will be registered in West Bengal State University, Barasat, North 24 Parganas.The  College  started functioning with the following Science Honours subjects - Physics, Chemistry
( though   the  admission were started from 1985-86 session), Mathematics, Economics   and  the  Humanities Honours subjects - English, Bengali, History, Political Science and Philosophy. Honours courses in Zoology and Statistics started from 1997- 1998 and 2000-2001 academic session respectively. Honours courses in Botany and Microbiology were opened during 2002-2003. To solve the acute space problem of the college, a new  building  has been built on  a 7.5 acre  prime   land  at  EB-2,  Salt Lake City,  Kolkata 700064.

The foundation  stone of  the new building was laid by  the Honourable   Chief  Minister, Sri  Jyoti  Basu on February 17, 1996. The new college campus was inaugurated by the former Honourable Chief Minister, Sri  Jyoti   Basu on  February 22,  2001 in  the  presence of  the   Hon’ble  Chief  Minister,  Sri Buddhadeb Bhattacharya,   the  Hon’ble  Higher  Education  Minister, Prof.   Satyasadhan  Chakraborty  and  other dignitaries. The new three storied magnificient building, constructed at a cost of Rs 6.4268 crores,  has an   area of  about 70,000 square feet. This new building is meant for the Science departments only. But at  present  the  Humanities departments,  the Library,   and  the  Administrative  wing have also been temporarily accomodated in the present building. Permanent acomodation for these sections in another building is under consideration. The Bidhannagar College, Government of West Bengal, is projected to be a premier institution of the State in the near future.